What time is dinnertime?

[Cthia]

We eat dinner at 6:00. I pick my DD up at 5:30 and get home at 5:45 and get settled then we eat. Luckily DH has dinner cooked by the time I get home from work.

 

[FOJMO]

Usually between 7:30 (when Jeopardy is on) or 8:00.

Maybe that's why we like the late seating on the Disney Cruises!

 

[Kitty 34]

Usually around 5:00

 

[cgcw]

Usually around 7 p.m. for us.

When our DS was little, our neighbors with grade school kids in different activities would eat dinner about 7 p.m. At that time, we ate no later than 5 p.m. and thought anything later than that was outrageous. We would comment about how they ate so late and didn't know how their kids could wait that long for dinner. Low and behold, here we are 7 years later. The neighbors are the ones having dinner earlier (kids are now grown) and we are the ones eating at 7 p.m. for later. How the tables have turned.

 

[apagano]

Usually around 7:30-8:00. I grew up in a Cuban family and we always did everything in "Cuban time," which usually meant 2-3 hours later than everyone else. The other side of my family is Italian and they eat early. This always presents a problem for big family get-togethers like Christmas. On Christmas Eve we do a big Cuban dinner and it's always late at night. On Christmas Day we have an Italian feast and it's in the middle of the afternoon. Talk about your Maalox moments!

 

[SoonerKate]

You mean with a housemother and someone who cooks for you? Ah....those were the days.

Exactly! Our Housemom, Pat, actually won housemother of the year at my school (she's awesome!) and our cook, Mike, has been with Alpha Gam for 16 years now! It's great, but unfortunately this is my last year in the house . Once I do move out, I have a feeling dinner's going to move to about...whenever I feel like making something!

 

[tstobb]

Usually between 8 & 9. After working in retail for so many years, it's hard to get out of the habit.

 

[ltldeb]

Sometimes we don't get home until 6pm, so by the time we cook it, it could be 6:30 - 7pm.

 

[CyranoJones]

Usually around 8:30.

 

[Talking Hands]

Anywhere from 7 to 10 pm depending on class schedules.

 

[Sheree Bobbins]

6-6:20 p.m.

 

[ASFCurly]

start eating around 7 or 7:30, always done by 8.

 

[Princess Michelle]

We almost always eat at 6pm.

 

[campingcorgi]

About 4:30 here, but I do lunch at 10:50. Ah, elementary school lunch schedules...